Julian Reschke wrote:
>
> Do you have REST-related concerns beyond the ones related to
> intermediaries (which I share)?
>
The intermediary issue is merely an example of my primary concern,
which is a failure to use REST as an evaluation tool here. Resulting
in long, repetitive threads about ideas which should be considered non-
starters, as they represent a break from the established architecture.
The problems lie with HTTP, not REST, as per Chapter 6 of Roy's thesis,
which could be used to establish some goals for moving HTTP forward.
Such a process may even lead to a new constraint, say privacy, which
would create a superset of REST.
Seems to me, that would be a better procedure than "winging it"
architecturally (starting with solutions to specific problems, rather
than establishing overall goals) and hoping for the best.
-Eric